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| Novels |
| Consensual Infidelity: Chapter 12 by kaysee, May 9, 2008 |
| Feed the Meter: Chapter 10 by William Murrow, May 9, 2008 |
| Into the Shadows: Chapter 14 by Mike2439, May 9, 2008 |
| Into the Shadows: Chapter 13 by Mike2439, May 9, 2008 |
| Up Home Again: Chapter 3 by EllieO, May 9, 2008 |
| The Queen & The Soldier: Chapter 5 by Matthew Berg, May 9, 2008 |
| This Time You Lose: Chapter 28 by Chris Stralyn, May 9, 2008 |
| Poetry |
| To mom because the house burned down by bob h, May 9, 2008 |
| Captive by HiddenDarkness, May 9, 2008 |
| Woe by pat4novels, May 9, 2008 |
| Someone Different Chaiku by kat nove, May 9, 2008 |
| Yellow #2 pencil by L. F. Young, May 9, 2008 |
| Cancer and Toadstools by TirzahLaughs, May 9, 2008 |
| Primary Haiku by brosna11, May 9, 2008 |
| Short Stories |
| Of Course I Won't Leave You Behind! by Marilyn Johnson, May 9, 2008 |
| Baseball, The Perfect Storm of a Game by John E. Wood, May 9, 2008 |
| TOPSY-BABY AND THE WOLF by rlvs, May 9, 2008 |
| The Wages of Ignorance. by Periscope, May 9, 2008 |
| ASPHALT FISHERMAN by Dominic Spencer, May 9, 2008 |
| Making scents of it all by armand522, May 8, 2008 |
| A Bedtime Story by Doc Taylor, May 8, 2008 |
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theNextBigwriter Rankings
Novel Rankings as of: 04:32 AM, 05/09/08
1. STREET OF ROGUES by whatta
2. STATIC MAYHEM by Sherman_Bierce
3. Motor Dolls by modobenny
4. Project 235 by sonny
5. Alzheimer diary by mishmont
6. THE SAINT OF LOST CAUSES by knighthawk
7. ECHOSIS by Odin Roark
8. The Willow Tree of Tullamaine by Roisin Moriarty
9. THE SHAKER PROPOSAL by gem
10. DADDY, WHY CAN'T I SAY 'ASS?' by whatta
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Writing Successes
»Apr '08 : "HAPPY GIRL" a short story by Modobenny will appear in the April edition of Greensilk Journal.
»Mar '08 : A short story Wordsmith was purchased and published in the Literary Pages (Bookends) of the Jamaica Observer.
»Mar '08 : Eternal Press will publish Kirk's novella VERNE GEROW P.I. (The Case of the Cashmere Blonde) as an e-book. The story came to life as a TheNextBigWriter parody originally called THE PARODY-TECTIVE.
»Mar '08 : "Before the Tsunami Hit" by Brosna11 will be published along with one of her paintings "Estuary" in the May/June issue of The Writer's Eye.
»Mar '08 : Sweet_release's short erotica story "Honey" has been accepted for publication by Oysters and Chocolate.
»Feb '08 : Wild Rose Press offered Lemonlye (Molly Ringle) a contract for novel The Ghost Downstairs.
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